Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2026 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2026-71130

High 8.2

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control in Oracle VM VirtualBox from Oracle Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.2High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via RDP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N).

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-71130
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-71130
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-71130
Ubuntu:26.10	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-71130

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Oracle Corporation	Oracle VM VirtualBox	7.2.14

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

References

Oracle Advisory vendor-advisory